ICD-10-CM › K00-K95 › K00-K14 › K08.5 Unsatisfactory restoration of tooth › K08.56
Poor aesthetic of existing restoration of tooth
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2007 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.
- FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Poor aesthetic of existing restoration of tooth
Official coding rules
Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.
Inherited from K08 Other disorders of teeth and supporting structures
Excludes2 - not included here
- dentofacial anomalies [including malocclusion] (M26.-)
- disorders of jaw (M27.-)
How CDC's index refers to this code
Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.
- Restoration > tooth > poor aesthetic
- Poor > aesthetic of existing restoration of tooth
- Inadequate, inadequacy > aesthetics of dental restoration
- Dental > restoration > aesthetically inadequate or displeasing
- Restoration > dental > aesthetically inadequate or displeasing
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| K08.50 | Unsatisfactory restoration of tooth, unspecified | Valid |
| K08.51 | Open restoration margins of tooth | Valid |
| K08.52 | Unrepairable overhanging of dental restorative materials | Valid |
| K08.53 | Fractured dental restorative material | Not billable |
| K08.54 | Contour of existing restoration of tooth biologically incompatible with oral health | Valid |
| K08.55 | Allergy to existing dental restorative material | Valid |
| K08.59 | Other unsatisfactory restoration of tooth | Valid |